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Pompeo said in an interview: “It is a dangerous business. Now we have the Turks, who have intervened and provided resources to Azerbaijan, which increased the risks and increased the firepower used in this historic battle, in a small area with a population of about 150,000 “.
Pompeo stressed that “the conflict is long-standing and should be resolved only through peaceful negotiations and not with weapons,” adding: “Certainly not with third parties who come to lend their firepower to what is actually a powder keg.”
He added: “We hope that the Armenians can defend themselves from what the Azerbaijanis are doing, and that all of them, before that happens, properly implement the ceasefire, and then they sit at the table and try to resolve this matter. It really is a complex, historical set of problems. “
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said earlier in an interview with “Sputnik” that “there is evidence that Turkey has deployed militants from Syria in Nagorno-Karabakh because Azerbaijan cannot fight there alone.”
Pashinyan also added that “Turkey and Azerbaijan’s plans to control Nagorno-Karabakh with a blitzkrieg have so far failed.”
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in a special statement to “Sputnik” that the “red line” for Azerbaijan is the recognition of the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, emphasizing that under no circumstances may integrity be violated. territory of Azerbaijan.
